#PERU: In Attempt At Fresh Start, President Calls For 2021 Elections To Be Moved Up To 2020

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Pres. Martin Vizcarra made a surprise, and drastic, announcement at the end of his address to Congress on July 28. Given the continuous tensions over the past year between the Executive and the majority opposition in Congress, and the rampant corruption within the Congress and its protection of a corrupt judiciary, Vizcarra called for 2021 elections to be moved up to next year, 2020. This would have the effect of ending his term a year early.

Vizcarra became president when corruption-tainted Pres. Pedro Pablo Kuczynski resigned last year.


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#PERU: Pres. Vizcarra Fires Justice Minister After Release Of Damaging Audio Recordings Spark Corruption Scandal

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Pres. Martin Vizcarra has dismissed Peru's Justice Minister Salvador Heresi after the publication of a series of audio recordings that sparked a scandal over the sale of sentences and influence peddling. The audio recordings scandal had already claimed eight victims before Heresi, with five judges and three judicial officials having been suspended.

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